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Mick writes: |
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> I am getting a bit confused from the messages that I receive in my |
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> gmail account sent from my crontab. |
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> First, is related to the title which is: |
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> Cron <root@mylaptop> test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && |
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> /usr/sbin/run-crons |
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> I am not sure what this "test -x" part represents? |
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It means: If /usr/sbin/run-crons is executable, execute it. It could also |
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be written as |
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[ -x /usr/sbin/run-crons ] && /usr/sbin/run-crons |
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or |
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f=/usr/sbin/run-crons |
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if [ -x $f ] |
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then |
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$f |
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fi |
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No idea about your other question, though. |
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Wonko |
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